IPC announces the March 1998 update to IPC-TM-650. The second update to IPC-TM-650 in the past six months offers two new test methods and six revised methods. The following list of test methods is the March 1998 IPC-TM-650 update. "Reaffirmed" indicates that the test method was not revised, but was reaffirmed for accuracy. 2.5.6.2A ¯ Reaffirmed ¯ Electric Strength of Printed Wiring Material 2.1.1D Microsectioning 2.4.42.2 Die Shear Strength 2.4.42.3 Bond Strength (Destructive Bond Pull Strength) 2.6.8D Thermal Stress, Plated Through-Holes 2.5.5.5C Stripline Test for Permittivity and Loss Tangent (Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor) at X-Band 2.5.5.5.1A Stripline Test for Complex Relative Permittivity of Circuit Board Materials from Below 1 GHz up to 14 GHz 2.4.44 ¯ Reaffirmed ¯ Solder Paste - Tack Test 2.4.28.1C Adhesion, Solder Resist (Mask), Tape Test Method In October 1997 the IPC released an IPC-TM-650 updated that consisted of 34 revised test methods and 13 new methods. Chair of Test Methods Subcommittee: Susan Mansilla, Robisan Laboratories, Inc. IPC-TM-650 ¯ Two year update service is included. $200 member / $400 nonmember It is available through the IPC: phone- 847.509.9700 fax- 847.509.9819 email- [log in to unmask] URL- www.ipc.org ################################################################ IPC_New_Releases E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE IPC_New_Releases <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF IPC_New_Releases ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################